| Unit name | Pushkin and the Romantics |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MODLM1007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Basker |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Modern Languages |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
A study of selected works by Russia's greatest writer in a variety of genres (lyric and narrative poetry, short story, novel in verse, 'little tragedies'), viewed in the context of Russian Romanticism and the writings of his major contemporaries (Lermontov, Odoevskii, Tiutchev and/or Zhukovsky). Works are considered both intrinsically in relation to theme and form, and more broadly in relation to the ideology of Russian Romanticism which set the parameters for the Clasical Age of Russian culture. Works will be studied in a combination of translation and parallel-text editions, accessible to those beginning Russian at Level M. Seminars will be run in parallel to the existing undergraduate unit on Pushkin and Romanticism (RUSS20037); there will be supplementary tutorials on Pushkin and opera.
